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Classic Doc Joe: For the next several weeks I will be re-posting some of my original writings.

It is the word that is offered as the simplistic solution to all our woes.

It is the word that the lazy jog on out to justify their lackadaisical, exercise efforts.

It is the word that those who consume junk food use as an excuse to feed their cravings.

It is the one word that makes the hairs on my neck stand straight up.

It is the one word that causes every muscle in my body to reflexively tense until they cramp.

What is the word?

Moderation!

The proponents of moderation tell us; to lose weight, all we need do is eat in moderation.

Radio personality and self-proclaimed America’s Doctor, media medic Dr. Dean Edell will tell you to eat whatever you like, just do so in moderation. Please tell me exactly what is moderation? Joe.340 would eat a dozen doughnuts over the course of a day — What is moderation? Six!?!? You think I am joking. For someone like me — food is an addiction, and that is exactly the thinking that can go on.

The gurus of pseudo-fitness decree that to shape up your body all you must do is exercise in moderation. For Joe.340 moderate exercise would have been lifting and carrying 2 pizza boxes and a 2 six packs of beer from my car to the apartment.

Even tough talking, bombastic radio host Michael Savage, a man for whom political moderation is a travesty, demonstrates an uncharacteristic point of view when it comes to serious exercise when he states that you should only exercise enough to get your muscles warm. Yo, Dr. Michael Alan Weiner, you would not accept moderation in the political realm because you understand that moderation produces mediocre results — Why accept it anywhere else?

Jack LaLanne knew the answer. Once he swore off sugar as a teen, he stated he never had a sweet again. He lived into his 90′s, that is a long time without a slice of cake or a dish of ice cream. Many will think that extreme, but Jack LaLanne was a man who not only talked about living a healthy life — he actually lived a healthy life.

If you suffer from obesity — did eating moderately cause you to become overweight?

If you are a physical wreck — did you reach that state because you were only moderately slothful?

If you only want to kind-of, sort-of lose weight, I highly suggest moderation.

If you only kind-of, sort-of desire to improve your fitness level, then by all means, only exercise moderately.

If the object of education is to barely understand what you are studying, please, only review the material every now and then.

If the goal of your life is to only achieve limited, average, mediocre success, then don’t work too hard and that is exactly what you will achieve.

Simply stated, if your goal is excellence, you won’t get there via half-hearted, half-way, moderate attempts.

If you want to reshape your body and retake control of your very being, you must be willing to dedicate yourself to that effort.

You must not only have the desire to lose weight, you must not only have the determination get in shape, you must also have the discipline to accomplish your goals.

You must be aware of everything that you eat every day. You must do some form of exercise each day of the week. You must make a new you a priority in your life.

If you are unwilling to work hard, you will not reach your goals. If you are not going to invest time to exercise, the results won’t be those you desire.

I’m not saying to push yourself to the extreme limits elite athletes push themselves, but you must push yourself within your own limits. You must make the maximum effort you are capable of making to achieve the results you desire.

Of course, get a thorough physical examination. Be as sure as possible that you will not suffer deleterious effects from exercise or a new diet. When you are sure your current physical state can handle it, go out and begin to reshape and remodel your body.

Take it slow at first.

Gradually, build up your strength and endurance.

However, as you progress and your fitness level improves, slowly but surely push yourself a little further. As you continue to improve, as the excess body fat falls from your body, as you need to purchase new clothing, as you begin to enjoy a more active, fulfilling life you will no longer accept mediocrity.

Moderation? I don’t think so. I will take excellence any day!

Aloha, Ciao and Stay Healthy,

Joe

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Doc Joe Leonardi is the author of two books on weight loss and fitness. Obesity Undone and Sometimes the Bastard Returns. Both available on CreatSpace.com and Amazon.com.

Obesity Undone, is the 2nd edition of the life changing book Fat Then Fit Now. Obesity undone is weight loss and fitness uncomplicated. On March 1, 2008, Physical Culturist and Chiropractor Doc Joe weighed a ponderous, pachydermian and unhealthy 340 pounds. One year later he weighed in at 210 pounds.

In Sometimes The Bastard Returns Doc Joe Leonardi discusses the very real problem of obesity relapse. How it happened to him, and how on the verge of giving up,he reclaimed his health, wellness and fitness.

Doc Joe is also available to speak to your group, and for interviews. You may reach him at FatThenFitNow39@gmail.com

************The posting that I write do not apply to those with an underlying medical or hormonal condition. I advise anyone embarking on a weight loss and fitness plan to have a thorough medical evaluation. You want to be sure that you are physically able to exercise and you don’t have any underlying medical conditions.*************

Originally Posted June 2011

Exercising with weights is a simple as lifting things up and putting them down. I am not kidding, yet, we as human beings tend to complicate everything. I have to chuckle when I am in the gym and I watch every day folks doing advanced training techniques they read about in a magazine or someone told them about. However, I am not laughing at them, I admire the fact that they are in the gym; working out, trying to improve their health and fitness, but I notice that in the years they have been going in, they haven’t altered themselves very much.

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Exercising is not complicated. You literally do something over and over again. The biggest key is consistency. Advanced training techniques can be fun once in awhile, but they aren’t for the every day person, whose goal is to simply improve their health. For one, those that utilize the advanced techniques are athletes by profession; they are working out several hours a day and have the free time to allow themselves to recuperate from grueling workouts. Most of us have jobs and after the time we have in the gym, we have jobs to do, families to attend to and other responsibilities that take not only our time, but our energy.

But, for some reason, people think complicated is better. For endurance exercise they take various classes to keep themselves from getting bored. They will spend up to ninety minutes trying to burn off body fat, when in essence because of excess carbohydrate consumption, about an hour of that time is wasted burning carbs that they should not have ingested in the first place.

Endurance, strength and fitness are easy to build. You pick an exercise, you repeat it and most importantly; be consistent. I am not saying you should never mix it up a bit, but your core exercises should have consistency, especially for the beginner. I watch as a new person enters the gym and every six to eight weeks they are completely changing their routines. They haven’t laid the foundation of consistency, so they don’t get the resulsts they expect and you know what happens? They quit. The solution to boredom is NOT always chaning things up, the real solution is getting results. The best way to get results is to remain consistent.

In the realm of progressive resistance exercises, weight training is nothing more than lifting things up and putting them down. It is that simple. If you are morbidly obese, completely out of shape or a novice, as in my book, I recommend two months of pre-training. You need to get your body ready to actually work out. Jumping right into hardcore workouts will only result in fatigue, excessive soreness or worse; injury. Take the time to get your body ready for a workout. However, even the workouts outlined in my book, build from the pre-training phase. You want to be progressive in your resistance, but you also want to be consistent.

When it comes to endurance, as I stated above, most people waste plenty of their valuable time because of poor eating choices. If you want to burn stored body fat for energy, restrict your carbohydrate intake. Does it make sense to give your body an alternate fuel to burn when you are trying to burn something else? Also, get away from the timed exercises. I never understood that one. If you are new to working out; go outside and walk around the block a few times and yes time yourself. Not so that you walk for the same time on your next walk, but so that on your next walk you try to complete the same distance faster. Slowly increase your distance and speed until you are pushing yourself and burning body fat. Another happening in the gym, or the track or along the levy system that makes me smile is the people who spend all this time doing “cardio” all the while they are carrying on a conversation. If you
can carry on a conversation, you aren’t working hard enough. The football coach at my high school would always yell; if you can talk, you aren’t working hard enough.

As always, when embarking on an exercise program get a medical check up. It is important to take care of ourselves, but we must be sure we are healthy enough not to cause more harm than good.

Keep the complexity out of your workout. Keep it simple, keep it consistent and you will get the results you are seeking.

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Life is lived in color, but sometimes the answers remain black and white.

For over three and half years I maintained a 130 pound weight loss, then last year I lost my way and found a relapse in obesity. I am discussing my battle with recidivism.

**************The information, advice and opinions contained herein is for information purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease or disorder. The posting and videos do not apply to those with an underlying medical or hormonal condition. I advise anyone embarking on a weight loss and fitness plan to have a thorough medical evaluation. You want to be sure that you are physically able to exercise and you don’t have any underlying medical conditions No guarantees are made or to be implied.***********

I have taken the week of from posting and YouTubing, but I wanted to share a post I have written in the past:

{When it comes to anything I write, I do not have cowardly policies as Dr. Melina Jampolis and others may have. If you disagree, or even dislike anything I write, feel free to comment here or on my Facebook page. All I ask is that you don’t use vulgarity, nor insult or attack anyone else. If you would like to insult me, go ahead. I can take it, unlike other so-called experts I am not thin skinned. Joe Leonardi, D.C. }

I don’t like or dislike someone based upon their weight or appearance. Overweight, large or obese people were not the subject, nor enemies of the state of good health. The “enemy” was the organization and others like it.

My dislike for theFat Acceptance Movementhas nothing to do with individuals who are struggling with weight issues. My dislike for the movement, stems from having been morbidly obese at one time and having thought that the world should accommodate my girth because of my lack of self-control and self-discipline. The Fat Acceptance Movement promotes an almost civil rights tone, pushing for obese people to be treated like a minority. I simply disagree. As I have stated many times, in the absence of an underlying condition, being overweight or obese is a choice. It may not be a conscious choice, but it is a choice.

me at 340 pounds on March 1, 2008

My former incarnation, Joe.340, thought as what I have read are the beliefs which the Fat Acceptance Movement promotes. I was appalled that booths in restaurants were not more spacious. I genuinely believed that movie theater seats should be roomier. Also, why couldn’t they have less seats on an airplane and make them all as big as first class? It was my personal belief that others should conform and adapt to me.

Well, that is the problem and that is my main issue. The Fat Acceptance Movement wants the world to change for them and in turn promote an unhealthy life. And despite some exceptions, most people who are obese are NOT healthy.

I never suggest to a person that they should lose weight. I was recently emailed someone’s height and weight and asked whether or not I thought they should lose weight. I responded to the person that I help those who want to lose weight and recapture their health. I do not decide for someone if they need to lose weight, even if it the answer is obvious. It is up to an individual to decide, not only if they need to lose weight, but more importantly, that they want to lose weight.

I live by the mantra that weight loss is a side effect of fitness. The primary goal of what I do is to get people to embrace fitness, eating low carbohydrate foods found as close to their natural state as possible (a paleolithic model) and good health. People who have read or heard about me seek me out to lose weight and I help them do that, yet I don’t make the weight loss the only motivation nor the only goal. The numbers on the scale are a useful feedback tool to reach the most important goal; improvement of their overall health.

Most people who are overweight or obese are not in an optimal state of health and fitness. Yes, I am aware that there are exceptions to the rule, but I am not even sure about those exceptions. Additionally, I am by no means saying that if you are not overweight, you are fit. There are plenty of folks who do not have a weight problem that are pure physical wrecks. I am willing to help them as well. However, I can only relate personal experiences and that is what I try to share.

Back to being overweight, yet fit. Years ago, before I had gotten up to three hundred and forty pounds, I may have fallen, kind of — sort of, into that category. I was in the gym religiously, focusing mostly on strength training and doing very little endurance exercises. I was stronger than I had been in my entire life. I weighed about two hundred and eighty pounds, I was carrying around excess fat, but muscular development was obvious. The joke at the gym where I trained was, I could lift the entire gym… I just couldn’t walk around it.

Was I fit because I was strong?

Was I healthy because my lab work was all good?

Was I fit because my vital signs fell within normal ranges?

You better believe that I was convinced I was fit. In my delusional mind, I didn’t need to lose weight. I could not have been more wrong. That excuse-making, rationalizing mindset was a direct factor in the birth of Joe.340.

I am also not saying we should judge anyone based upon appearance. What I AM saying is that I do not believe that we should accept our own self-imposed limitations. We have the power to improve our health and we should not allow a group, no matter how well intentioned, to dis-empower us.

340lbs 3/1/2008

When I was obese, I could not tie my own shoes.

When I was obese, I could not rise out of a chair without pushing off the arm rests.

When I was obese, I could not get up out of a low couch without rolling over on my stomach, placing my knees on the floor and pushing myself to a standing position.

Were any of the above examples really acceptable? Unfortunately, for me, they were —- for far too long.

I have been accused of being harsh.

I have been accused of being unyielding.

I have been accused of being unsympathetic.

Well, let me tell you a few things:

200lbs 3/6/2009

I amharsh! I wish someone was more harsh with me. I don’t want someone to have to be sitting in the emergency room with chest pains, as I was, to realize they need to do something now.

I amunyielding! I have heard all the excuses, I have used most of them, giving in to the excuses will only make the situation worse.

I am NOTunsympathetic! Trust me, I was there, I am verysympathetic. However, I don’t express my sympathy by encouraging lackadaisical behaviors. I show my sympathy by assisting those who seek my help to reach their goals.

It is my life’s mission, to help those who wish to take control of their poor eating and exercise habits. It is my desire that through fitness, everyone enjoy an improved quality of life.

And, if I am lucky, I will save a life or two along the way.

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Life is lived in color, but sometimes the answers remain black and white.

For over three and half years I maintained a 130 pound weight loss, then last year I lost my way and found a relapse in obesity. I am discussing my battle with recidivism.

**************The information, advice and opinions contained herein is for information purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease or disorder. The posting and videos do not apply to those with an underlying medical or hormonal condition. I advise anyone embarking on a weight loss and fitness plan to have a thorough medical evaluation. You want to be sure that you are physically able to exercise and you don’t have any underlying medical conditions No guarantees are made or to be implied.***********

Obesity Undone, is available in both paperback and kindle versions at amazon.com

{When it comes to anything I write, I do not have cowardly policies as Dr. Melina Jampolis and others may have. If you disagree, or even dislike anything I write, feel free to comment here or on my Facebook page. All I ask is that you don’t use vulgarity, nor insult or attack anyone else. If you would like to insult me, go ahead. I can take it, unlike other so-called experts I am not thin skinned. Joe Leonardi, D.C. }

I don’t like or dislike someone based upon their weight or appearance. Overweight, large or obese people were not the subject, nor enemies of the state of good health. The “enemy” was the organization and others like it.

My dislike for theFat Acceptance Movementhas nothing to do with individuals who are struggling with weight issues. My dislike for the movement, stems from having been morbidly obese at one time and having thought that the world should accommodate my girth because of my lack of self-control and self-discipline. The Fat Acceptance Movement promotes an almost civil rights tone, pushing for obese people to be treated like a minority. I simply disagree. As I have stated many times, in the absence of an underlying condition, being overweight or obese is a choice. It may not be a conscious choice, but it is a choice.

me at 340 pounds on March 1, 2008

My former incarnation, Joe.340, thought as what I have read are the beliefs which the Fat Acceptance Movement promotes. I was appalled that booths in restaurants were not more spacious. I genuinely believed that movie theater seats should be roomier. Also, why couldn’t they have less seats on an airplane and make them all as big as first class? It was my personal belief that others should conform and adapt to me.

Well, that is the problem and that is my main issue. The Fat Acceptance Movement wants the world to change for them and in turn promote an unhealthy life. And despite some exceptions, most people who are obese are NOT healthy.

I never suggest to a person that they should lose weight. I was recently emailed someone’s height and weight and asked whether or not I thought they should lose weight. I responded to the person that I help those who want to lose weight and recapture their health. I do not decide for someone if they need to lose weight, even if it the answer is obvious. It is up to an individual to decide, not only if they need to lose weight, but more importantly, that they want to lose weight.

I live by the mantra that weight loss is a side effect of fitness. The primary goal of what I do is to get people to embrace fitness, eating low carbohydrate foods found as close to their natural state as possible (a paleolithic model) and good health. People who have read or heard about me seek me out to lose weight and I help them do that, yet I don’t make the weight loss the only motivation nor the only goal. The numbers on the scale are a useful feedback tool to reach the most important goal; improvement of their overall health.

Most people who are overweight or obese are not in an optimal state of health and fitness. Yes, I am aware that there are exceptions to the rule, but I am not even sure about those exceptions. Additionally, I am by no means saying that if you are not overweight, you are fit. There are plenty of folks who do not have a weight problem that are pure physical wrecks. I am willing to help them as well. However, I can only relate personal experiences and that is what I try to share.

Back to being overweight, yet fit. Years ago, before I had gotten up to three hundred and forty pounds, I may have fallen, kind of — sort of, into that category. I was in the gym religiously, focusing mostly on strength training and doing very little endurance exercises. I was stronger than I had been in my entire life. I weighed about two hundred and eighty pounds, I was carrying around excess fat, but muscular development was obvious. The joke at the gym where I trained was, I could lift the entire gym… I just couldn’t walk around it.

Was I fit because I was strong?

Was I healthy because my lab work was all good?

Was I fit because my vital signs fell within normal ranges?

You better believe that I was convinced I was fit. In my delusional mind, I didn’t need to lose weight. I could not have been more wrong. That excuse-making, rationalizing mindset was a direct factor in the birth of Joe.340.

I am also not saying we should judge anyone based upon appearance. What I AM saying is that I do not believe that we should accept our own self-imposed limitations. We have the power to improve our health and we should not allow a group, no matter how well intentioned, to dis-empower us.

340lbs 3/1/2008

When I was obese, I could not tie my own shoes.

When I was obese, I could not rise out of a chair without pushing off the arm rests.

When I was obese, I could not get up out of a low couch without rolling over on my stomach, placing my knees on the floor and pushing myself to a standing position.

Were any of the above examples really acceptable? Unfortunately, for me, they were —- for far too long.

I have been accused of being harsh.

I have been accused of being unyielding.

I have been accused of being unsympathetic.

Well, let me tell you a few things:

200lbs 3/6/2009

I amharsh! I wish someone was more harsh with me. I don’t want someone to have to be sitting in the emergency room with chest pains, as I was, to realize they need to do something now.

I amunyielding! I have heard all the excuses, I have used most of them, giving in to the excuses will only make the situation worse.

I am NOTunsympathetic! Trust me, I was there, I am verysympathetic. However, I don’t express my sympathy by encouraging lackadaisical behaviors. I show my sympathy by assisting those who seek my help to reach their goals.

It is my life’s mission, to help those who wish to take control of their poor eating and exercise habits. It is my desire that through fitness, everyone enjoy an improved quality of life.

And, if I am lucky, I will save a life or two along the way.

*****************************************************

Life is lived in color, but sometimes the answers remain black and white.

For over three and half years I maintained a 130 pound weight loss, then last year I lost my way and found a relapse in obesity. I am discussing my battle with recidivism.

**************The information, advice and opinions contained herein is for information purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease or disorder. The posting and videos do not apply to those with an underlying medical or hormonal condition. I advise anyone embarking on a weight loss and fitness plan to have a thorough medical evaluation. You want to be sure that you are physically able to exercise and you don’t have any underlying medical conditions No guarantees are made or to be implied.***********

Obesity Undone, is available in both paperback and kindle versions at amazon.com

Well Jack, death could never wreck your image. Yesterday, fellow chiropractor and fitness enthusiast, Jack LaLanne left this earth.

I know the nick-name, godfather of fitness, was most often associated with Jack LaLanne, but in my mind, along with Bernarr MacFadden and Angelo Siciliano better known as Charles Atlas, these three men made up the holy trinity of health. They were the founding fathers of the mass media fitness movement.

However, unlike the founding fathers of our country who gathered at a hall in Philadelphia, these three great men spanned different eras, and Jack spanned the globe. Atlas and LaLanne both learned either directly or indirectly from MacFadden and each went on to impact anyone who has ever broken a sweat in the name of fitness.

Jack LaLanne was a bodybuilder and one of the original visitors of muscle beach. An unhealthy, sugar addicted child he met MacFadden inspired Paul Bragg, and it was through Bragg that a young Jack was given the foundations to take control of his health. Jack used his newly found education and sought to inspire the world.

If you have ever used a leg extension or smith machine — you have Jack to thank.

If you are an athlete who utilizes weight training to excel in your chosen sport — you have Jack to thank.

If you are a woman who enjoys the benefits of exercise and weight training, yep, you guessed it — you have Jack to thank.

Jack, well, he came into our homes every morning and showed us that being fit and healthy was a goal unto itself.

Before experts complicated exercise, Jack kept it all simple. Although he owned and endorsed health clubs, he showed us how to work out at home. While medicine was searching for a panacea in a pill, Jack knew that proper nutrition combined with exercise were the only keys to good health. He, through his longevity, demonstrated how easy it was to remain fit and live a healthy life.

Dr. Jack LaLanne had a profound influence on me. It was his example I followed when I set up my simplified eating plan. It was his model I used when I designed my easy and effective exercise strategy. And, it was his inspiration I followed when I chose brevity and basics in writing my book.

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The last interview I saw was on his 95th birthday. He was spry, excited and as motivational as ever — he had a glint in his eye and a joy in his voice. I know it is unrealistic, but some people you just never expect to die, and in Jack’s case that is not so far-fetched.

His physical existence may have ceased, but because of every person who endeavors to improve their health via lifting a weight, jogging, swimming, doing a Jumping Jack, so named for him, or choosing a bowl of berries over a bowl of ice cream — Jack LaLanne will live on forever.

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Life is lived in color, but sometimes the answers remain black and white.

For over three and half years I maintained a 130 pound weight loss, then last year I lost my way and found a relapse in obesity. I am discussing my battle with recidivism.

**************The information, advice and opinions contained herein is for information purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease or disorder. The posting and videos do not apply to those with an underlying medical or hormonal condition. I advise anyone embarking on a weight loss and fitness plan to have a thorough medical evaluation. You want to be sure that you are physically able to exercise and you don’t have any underlying medical conditions No guarantees are made or to be implied.***********

Obesity Undone, is available in both paperback and kindle versions at amazon.com

Tuesday 12/10/2013 — 242lbs ** Stadium is locked, so no jog. Shoulders/Arms at the gym, another great workout, and I did 2.5 miles on the stationary bike. I have a feeling if snow/ice keeps coming the stationary bike will become my new endurance work. I used to try and jog on the treadmill, but the belt stuck and I almost destroyed my knee. There are no complaints, just obstacles and we have to find the alternatives to reach and maintain our fitness goals. **Diet right on the money.

Wednesday 12/11/2013 — 242lbs ** LEG DAY and it was a great workout. Abs after legs. I decided to hop on the stationary bike after my leg workout and did 3.3 miles. **Diet right on the money.

Thursday 12/12/2013 — 239lbs ** weight is back to Thanksgiving Day, pre-multi-day over-splurge weight. So, it took about about 10 days to get back there, it probably would have been sooner if I kept my splurge to the planned 2 and not 4 days as I discussed on YouTube, but what the hell. Was it worth it? Absolutely! I enjoyed some great food, and not simply for the taste, but because of the love that it was prepared with by my girlfriend. And, yes the weight loss is important to me, but please remember, my primary goal is improved fitness and overall health and wellness, which I am still working hard to achieve, and no matter what the scale says, it is going pretty dam good! **I had a great chest/back workout, the stadium remains locked so it was 3.3 miles on the stationary bike at the gym. ** Diet right on the money.

Friday 12/13/2013 — 239lbs **Stadium is still locked, so went directly to the gym for a great shoulder/arm workout and then did 4.3 miles on the staionary bike. I usually despise the stationary bike but Danko’s has these Expresso bikes, and I really like them. They give a course option, and my following the course I feel more involved and focused, not just mindlessly pedaling or worse, trying to distract myself watching the tv sets. . **Diet right on the money.

Saturday 12/14/2013 — 239lbs** Snow is starting to fall, and I am hanging at my girlfriend’s this w/e. She lives in a very hilly area and as the snow is just starting to fall I’m opting to stay in, not knowing what it will be like when I get back from the gym. Depending on the road conditions tomorrow, I will either have a rare Sunday workout at the gym, or just give the body a couple days of rest. **Diet right on the money.

Sunday 12/15/2013 — 239lbs. I wasn’t able to make the gym, but I did have 2 full body, functional workouts

1- shoveling out 2 cars.

2- taking my girlfriend’s very large, and very heavy Christmas tree up about a dozen steps.

**Diet right on the money!

Monday 12/16/2013 — 239lbs. Great chest/back workout at the gym. Of course with the snow here in NEPA the stadium remains locked, so I was unable to jog, but I did 4 miles on the stationary bike. **Diet right on the money!

Life is lived in color, but sometimes the answers remain black and white.

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